Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday criticized the US Treasury Secretary for boasting about strangling Iran through sanctions, describing the US approach as a 'compulsive addiction.' Baqaei warned that US politicians risk strangling their own remaining opportunities for a less humiliating exit from the crisis they created. The statement was shared on X by security analyst Yair Goldblatt.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday issued a statement criticizing the United States Treasury Secretary for boasting about 'strangling' Iran through economic sanctions. Baqaei described the US approach as a 'compulsive addiction' to sanctions, arguing that Washington resorts to sanctions whenever diplomacy fails, and that the sanctions themselves have not produced results. He warned that the real risk is that US politicians, clinging to this habit, will 'strangle instead their own remaining opportunities for a less humiliating exit' from the crisis they created.
The statement was posted on X by Israeli security and Middle East analyst Yair Goldblatt. Goldblatt has previously shared Iranian statements with sarcastic commentary, as The Zioneer has reported in prior bulletins. Baqaei has been a frequent voice in Iranian diplomatic messaging, often linking the survival of US-Iran talks to US adherence to memorandums of understanding and warning against Israeli military activity in Lebanon. The Zioneer has previously covered his statements rejecting US claims about frozen funds, IAEA inspectors, and enriched uranium removal.
The remarks reflect the ongoing rhetorical battle over the effectiveness of US 'maximum pressure' sanctions on Iran, as Washington reportedly considers further diplomatic engagement under the 'Islamabad Agreement' framework.
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